http://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-darkComments on "Marcus and the Dark" - Faerye Net2005-03-31T10:12:40+00:00http://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-dark#comment-1667Re: Happiness is a good story2005-03-31T10:12:40+00:002005-03-31T10:12:40+00:00<p>Thankee, Emeta. High praise :)<br />
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I don’t know that there’s anything about the girl in me just now. Or if there is, if it’s about killing the dark, or something else :P<br />
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You know, I haven’t read <em>Wolves in the Walls</em>. I must admit I have a weird relationship with Gaiman’s work—some of it I adore so much (<em>Neverwhere</em> and <em>Stardust</em>) that I have a hard time bringing myself to read much more of his work, because it’s almost a letdown. Very cowardly of me.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-dark#comment-1665Happiness is a good story2005-03-30T20:35:31+00:002005-03-30T20:35:31+00:00<p>Completely yummy. Very satisfying, but leaves me wanting more. Much more. Methinks there are hints of Wolves in the Walls in that. So me want more!<br />
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Tell me about the girl.</p>EMetahttp://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-dark#comment-1664Re: New York Times Bestseller!2005-03-30T15:20:10+00:002005-03-30T15:20:10+00:00<p>Umm…no…I’m implying your blurb-writing genius is as yet unappreciated by the great unwashed!</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-dark#comment-1662Re: New York Times Bestseller!2005-03-30T15:17:04+00:002005-03-30T15:17:04+00:00<p>Are you implying that I, wonko, do not have blurb-writing credentials?!</p>wonkohttp://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-dark#comment-1661Re: New York Times Bestseller!2005-03-30T15:13:40+00:002005-03-30T15:13:40+00:00<p>I dunno. I think you have to have your own blurb-writing credentials before you can write blurbs with any appearance of authority. Plus, bias!<br />
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Thankee though :)</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/marcus-and-the-dark#comment-1659New York Times Bestseller!2005-03-30T14:54:31+00:002005-03-30T14:54:31+00:00<p>When you’re a bigshot author, can I be one of those people whose overzealous blurbs get pasted all over the covers of your books?</p>
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I’ll say things like, “A damn good read!” and “A page-turner! Impossible to put down!” and sometimes, “I laughed until I cried!” or “I cried until I laughed!”.
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In this particular case, I’d have said, “Only [Eilonwy] could turn such a chimerical idea into a short story so poetic and beautiful…I couldn’t put it down!”
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